Best Practices
• Secure your extranet with SSL encryption and always use port 443 inbound only. Using nonstandard ports does not improve security and only complicates the farm configuration. Some services will not work on nonstandard ports.
• Choose your authentication mode based on your requirements. Multi-authentication offers a seamless collaboration experience with a single URL, but users always have to choose the authentication method when entering the site. Mixed-mode authentication requires extending the web application; therefore, users may experience confusion due to multiple URLs.
• When using additional zones and extending web applications, name the web applications and URLs intelligently and intuitively.
• Don’t store confidential ...
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